Alexis Greene

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Alexis Greene lives in New York City, where she has written or edited more than 10 books about theater and about women. American Theatre magazine's January 2015 issue published her article "Women Against Violence Against Women" (click Books and Articles) about the Colombian theater artist Patricia Ariza and the Bond Street Theatre, a New York City-based group that brings theater to refugees and needy communities all over the world. Both Ariza and Bond Street are committed to using theater to counteract violence against women.

Recently Alexis edited Yvette Heyliger's terrific collection of plays, "What a Piece of Work Is Man! Full-Length Plays for Leading Women," soon to be published through iUniverse. Alexis is also trying her hand at true crime, specifically stories of two murders--one a cold case--that took place in upstate New York early in the twentieth century.

In 2009, Alexis took a detour from arts journalism to head public relations for the Community Environmental Center, a nonprofit in Long Island City, Queens, that is the parent company of Build It Green and Solar One. And she followed that by working at the Council of Senior Centers and Services, helping New Yorkers apply for food stamps.

Prior to that Alexis was Chief Theater Critic for TheaterWeek Magazine and InTheater Magazine; received her Ph.D. in Theater at the CUNY Graduate Center and taught theater at New York University; and was co-founder and first president of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.

She is a member of PEN, The Authors Guild, SCBWI, (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators), the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA), and the League of Professional Theatre Women. In 2005, Alexis received the Special Achievement Award from the Ph.D. Alumnae/​i Association of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Alexis is married to Dr. Gordon R. Hough, and when they are not in New York City they are relishing the hills and pines of upstate New York, where Alexis grows a vegetable garden and cooks up a storm.